How Puzzle Games Hack Your Brain

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it's really not that hard to reset your channel password guys get your caffeineslop for 10% off https://gamersupps.gg/camwing Patreon: https://patreon.com/camwing Discord server: https://camw.ing/discord Script/VO/Animation/Compositing by Cam https://bsky.app/profile/camw.ing Gameplay capture/Editing/Additional compositing by Sam (not really on social media) Thumbnail and 'Wee' by friend dingus https://bsky.app/profile/dmphd.bsky.social That one tweet that got me thinkin about this whole thing https://bsky.app/profile/lincolnhello.bsky.social/post/3llzvvxmczc2h Project Zomboid tutorial footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jf8MXxYPcy4 Channels featured in this video (in order of appearance): https://youtube.com/@UCNwXk1mst3ddgRd9tj-pHtg https://youtube.com/@UCHwtdl2CXpgcu-y7VQL-rlg https://youtube.com/@UCeA3glI4YhHKycXgZR0Kd-g https://youtube.com/@UClPtBcWVxgSyX7x7lHI1kcg https://www.youtube.com/@UCPfAss-DCnW28ZxMD2SVauQ Research sources: Edward Deci's studies on intrinsic motivation: https://www.edweek.org/education/gold-star-junkies/2000/02 https://www.apa.org/members/content/intrinsic-motivation https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232452540_Effects_of_externally_mediated_rewards_on_intrinsic_motivation Corvid diagram used at 1:29: https://www.reddit.com/r/birding/comments/1ks6w3l/oc_another_fun_illustration_i_created_of_the/ University of Oxford's studies on animal tool usage: https://users.ox.ac.uk/~kgroup/tools/tool_manufacture.shtml University of York and St. Andrew's study on animal puzzle solving: https://neurosciencenews.com/animal-play-tools-7651/ https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/4/9/170652/93663/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzeTE0E0rNg Neural activity associated with the 'Eureka!' moment: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC387268/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10366031/ Songs used (in order, by game): Rhythm Heaven Fever OST - Bossa Nova https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFiGPaPONkY Mario Kart World OST - Cheep Cheep Beach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRpIxC75QHI Jackbox Party Pack 8: JobJob OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gVZmRkmvYk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL2_G17_4ss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6ww72vf_oc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjURdvj7uEo Superliminal OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uNh7FJ7tlg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7mdb3yQJ0E Portal OST - Subject Name Here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA5z4hg_3xM Portal 2 OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm5Dz9jmf1o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0nxHMAV5wI Jackbox Party Pack 6: Role Models OST https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPSjRz43gq0 The Curse of Monkey Island OST - Wally Crying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge2nsMQ7aqE [Timestamps] 0:00 - Intro 3:35 - Motivating Curiosity 12:07 - Teaching players (to teach themselves) 21:27 - Helping players (to help themselves) 29:33 - Thinking with portals 37:40 - Lateral thinking problems 45:50 - JUMPSCARE (outro)